Ontario reported 412 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, pushing the total number of cases in the province to more than 25,000 since the pandemic began.
Ontario reported 412 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, continuing an upward trend and pushing the total number of cases in the province to more than 25,000 since the pandemic began.
Of the total number, 76.5 per cent, or 19,146, are resolved.
The new numbers are a drop after Friday’s 441 new cases, which was the most reported on a single day since May 8. However, the five-day rolling average of new cases has been trending steadily upward since May 12.
Meanwhile, the province fell short of its testing target for the sixth day in a row on Friday, processing 11,028 tests out of a 16,000 daily benchmark.
The province reported a total of 2,048 deaths as of Saturday, 62.6 per cent of which are of residents in long-term care homes.
A count by CBC News, compiled from regional public health units, puts the current toll at at least 2,113 deaths.
Of the province’s total COVID-19 cases to date, 15,302 have been linked to outbreaks or close contact of a confirmed case, while 3,162 are attributed to community spread.
The Ontario health ministry said on Saturday it has changed the way it breaks down cases linked to outbreaks as opposed to what it considers community cases.
Cases linked to outbreaks are any cases connected to an outbreak as declared by a public health unit, which could include a funeral or family barbecue, and not just those specific to a hospital or institution.
The data comes at the start of a warm weekend, the first after Ontario officially began the first phase of its reopening.
Testing begins for asymptomatic health-care workers
New testing regulations took effect on Saturday, with asymptomatic front-line health-care workers being tested across the province.
The province will also begin a se